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“The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians.”

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Author:Dwayne Andreas

“You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.”

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Author:Bob Geldof

“A politician or political thinker who calls himself a political realist is usually boasting that he sees politics, so to speak, in the raw; he is generally a proclaimed cynic and pessimist who makes it his business to look behind words and fine speeches for the motive. This motive is always low.”

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Book:The humanist in the bathtub

Source: The humanist in the bathtub

“I understand why people get desensitized and roll their eyes when they hear a protest song, or even a politician making some flowery speech. It doesn't really change anything.”

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Author:Conor Oberst

“a fair degree of literacy of speech ... is increasingly rare in politicians and not necessarily regarded as an asset.”

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Author:Rae Foley

“Who ever heard a theologian preface his creed, or a politician conclude his speech with an estimate of the probable error of his opinion?”

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Author:Bertrand Russell

“As politicians we have to make very difficult decisions and one...is when freedom of speech actually insults public safety.”

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Author:Tulip Siddiq

“I am a breast cancer survivor. I was intrigued to learn how many people prefer to talk to someone if they are familiar with their face, like an actor or a politician. So, I began traveling around the country and doing speeches.”

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Author:Diahann Carroll

“There is not one grain of anything in the world that is sold in the free market. Not one. The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians.”

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Author:Dwayne Andreas

“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

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Author:John F. Kennedy

“Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the pretentious bubbles politicians and pundits and popes and pretenders try to float over our heads.”

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Book:Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid

Source: Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid

“The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.”

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Author:Richard M. Nixon

“In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.”

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Book:The Orwell Reader: Fiction, Essays, and Reportage

Source: The Orwell Reader: Fiction, Essays, and Reportage

“A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.”

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Author:Adlai E. Stevenson